Podcast Episodes

Michael McFaul: Autocrats vs Democrats and the New Global Order

The international order in which most of us grew up is over, and a new cold war is setting in. That’s the growing consensus of people adjusting to the aggressive rise of China, the Russian invasion o…

Published on 3 weeks ago

ACLU’s Cecillia Wang: Defending Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Hostile Times

Join Cecillia Wang, national legal director of the ACLU, to hear the latest on the organization’s legal strategy to defend civil rights and civil liberties, including the ACLU’s cases against the Tru…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Week to Week Politics Roundtable and Social Hour: November 17, 2025 (EXPLICIT)

The shutdown is over, more Epstein news has dropped, Nancy Pelosi has given notice, and the November election is still reverberating. As the year winds down and we head into the holiday season, let's…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Joe Manchin: Coal, Climate, and ‘Common Sense’

Joe Manchin grew up in the coal fields of West Virginia, the grandson of a miner and the son of a small-town grocer. His worldview was shaped by a place where energy isn’t an abstract policy debate; …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Reports from COP30: Climate Talks in the Amazon

The UN climate convention known as COP30 is now underway in Brazil. As the nations of the world gather to discuss their efforts to rein in climate disruption, the facts are clear: we’re not doing eno…

Published on 1 month ago

Justice Anthony Kennedy: Life, Law, and Liberty

When President Reagan nominated Anthony Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1988, few could have expected that he would not only serve for 30 years but would also author landmark opinions on such co…

Published on 1 month ago

Julia Ioffe: A Feminist History of Modern Russia (EXPLICIT)

How was the history of Russia made by its women through the cataclysms of revolution, war, idealism, and defeat? Join us for an engaging tour of Russia through the lives of its women.

Journalist Juli…

Published on 1 month ago

NYT’s Kenneth Vogel Exposes the Shadowy World of Foreign Lobbying in D.C.

Join us for a special program that goes inside Washington’s murky foreign lobbying industry and reveals the world of the politically connected and powerful Americans who get rich working on behalf of…

Published on 1 month ago

Jimmy Wales: The Seven Rules of Trust (EXPLICIT)

In an age defined by disinformation, division, and deepening suspicion, one question looms large: How do we rebuild fundamental trust in one another?

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales offers an answer in…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Environmental Peacebuilders Working in the Midst of War

Fossil-fueled climate disruption is driving political instability around the world. The relationship between climate disasters and conflict are well-established — and also complicated. Even in war-to…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago